This work Vereshchagin was written in 1873. It depicts a wounded soldier who is trying to escape from bullets and from war. The smoke from the gunpowder, it seemed to me, is trying to close the sunlight, which alone gives hope that the war will ever end.
In my opinion, the artist was able to accurately convey the entire sting that has to do with the war, on which every man for himself. The wounded soldier tries to save himself by running past lying corpses, and the soldier who is standing with his back is not ready to help, because he needs to save his life first. It is unfortunate that a ruthless war takes many lives. After all, these people probably have their families at home, and maybe even children who are eagerly awaiting not only the end of the battles. But even though there is some news that their father or husband is alive.
It seems to me the main idea of writing this masterpiece was not the desire to cause us compassion for the wounded soldier, but on the whole to appreciate the human life. Looking at this picture, we must feel that there is nothing more important than life on earth. And no gifts and entertainment can not replace the real value.
Tattered clothes, a thin body shows us that people often starve in the war. But the worst thing is that these unfortunates fought and killed, the same as they are of people who also have families at home. It seems to me that there is nothing more terrible than war on earth, when innocent people die, very often because of mistakes of others, people who control this war.
I think the author shows a senseless war in which many people die without a reason. When you look at this picture, you involuntarily begin to worry about a wounded soldier, and, willy-nilly, you want him to remain alive, that he could overcome all the suffering and suffering and prove to people that the most important and valuable is their life.
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